- Date
- September 26, 2011, 13:22 local (13:22 UTC)
- Place
- Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
- Injuries
- 130 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- YV-136TBoeing DC-9
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81954
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Abnormal runway contactAll aircraft: 1,506 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Venezuelan Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing DC-9 that occurred on September 26, 2011. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JIAAC's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the JIAAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- YV-136T
- Reported as
- Boeing DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- Pratt and Whitney JT8D, turbo jetPratt and Whitney JT8D, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Aeropostal
- Registered owner
- Aeropostal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- Puerto Ordaz